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Delhi Covid-19 cemetery running low on space as deaths mount
Stretching as far as the eye can see, the graves now run up to the boundary wall, with little space for more
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Daniel Pearl's parents say their son slain to create fear
In their review plea, they say Omar Sheikh's past must be taken into consideration
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'Simple Photoshop': how a Pakistani counterfeiter may have aided Russian trolls
According to US Treasury, Mohsin Raza founder of online fake ID business helped Russian operatives get toehold in US
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Russia says it will ask 10 US diplomats to leave
Move comes after US imposed a broad array of sanctions on Russia including to punish it for interfering in election
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India calls for immediate ceasefire in Afghanistan
New Delhi fears that instability in Afghanistan could spill over into IIOJK
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Heavy fighting near Yemen's Marib ‘leaves 96 dead’
Aircraft of a military coalition led by Saudi Arabia provided air support to Yemeni government ground forces
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Top seer at India religious mega-festival dies from Covid-19
Festival of Kumbh Mela has long rung alarm bells among health experts who say it could turn into a ‘super-spreader’
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China's Xinjiang witnesses increase in prosperity
All prefectures and cities in Xinjiang have access to expressways, electricity and the internet
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Brazil's hospitals running out of sedatives as Covid-19 rages
Reports of the seriously ill being tied down and intubated without effective sedatives
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Sweden eases restrictions on people who have had Covid vaccination
Around one-fifth of Swedes have been vaccinated
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Merkel says lockdowns, curfews vital to break Germany's third wave
"Intensive care workers are sending one distress call after the other. Who are we to ignore their pleas?" Merkel says.
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India shifts from mass vaccine exporter to importer, worrying the world
India breached 200,000 daily infections for the first time on Thursday
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India extends record rise in Covid-19 cases, election rallies continue
With 217,353 fresh infections, the country recorded its eighth highest daily increase in the last nine days
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Australia considers staggered reopening of borders
The first goal is to enable Australians who are vaccinated to be able to move and travel
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Several people injured in shooting at FedEx site in Indianapolis, police say
Authorities say no active threat to the community after the shooter takes his own life
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'US has ability to keep an eye on Afghanistan without military footprint'
CIA director had warned that US ability to act against extremist threats will diminish after departure of US troops
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Greek, Turkish ministers clash at press conference
Greek FM Nikos Dendias used his opening remarks to rattle off a series of longstanding complaints about Turkey
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Global Covid-19 vaccine supply 'incredibly tight', COVAX needs funds: Gavi
We urgently need commitments of a further $2 billion from donors, says CEO Gavi vaccine alliance
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Two to a bed in Delhi hospital as India's Covid crisis spirals
'We are definitely over-burdened. We are already working at full capacity,' says a hospital’s medical director
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Myanmar security forces arrest prominent leader of anti-coup campaign
The security forces have killed 715 protesters since the overthrow of Suu Kyi’s government, says an activist group
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US envoy: border talks with Israel will help crisis-hit Lebanon
Resolving dispute with Israel would have potential to unlock significant economic benefits for Lebanon, says US envoy
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US imposes wide array of sanctions on Russia for 'malign' actions
The measures blacklisted Russian companies and expelled Russian diplomats
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Beijing skies turn yellow as sand, dust engulf Chinese capital
The dust particles originated from Mongolia and the Chinese region of Inner Mongolia
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India's military chief 'concerned' about US pullout from Afghanistan
Vacuum that will be created by withdrawal of US and NATO should not create space for 'disruptors', says General Rawat
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Virus variants inciting India's second surge, epidemiologists say
India’s daily infections skyrocketed more than 20-fold to more than 200,000 on Thursday
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US's Blinken flies to Afghanistan in show of support after Biden's pull-out announcement
Blinken met with Afghan president after first greeting US soldiers at heavily fortified American embassy
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Hong Kong widens Covid-19 vaccine scheme to under 30s
With only 8% of 7.5m residents inoculated, authorities aim to boost lackluster demand for jabs in the financial hub
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India breaches 200,000 daily Covid-19 cases as hospital beds, oxygen fall short
India battles second wave of infections, especially in the economically significant state of Maharashtra
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Thailand reports fourth record daily rise in coronavirus cases this week
The country has received two million doses of China’s Sinovac shots and 117,300 AstraZeneca shots
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France advises its citizens in Pakistan to leave country temporarily: diplomatic source
A message had been sent overnight to French citizens and companies following a threat by the hardline group
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US set to slap new sanctions on Russia as soon as Thursday
The action will add a new chill to the already frosty relations between Washington and Moscow
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Myanmar security forces fire on protesting medical workers, some hurt: media
UN human rights office says it feared the military clampdown on the protests risked escalating into a civil conflict
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Quotes: Officials react as Biden moves to pull troops from Afghanistan by September 11
Biden will begin withdrawing US troops from Afghanistan to end America’s longest war
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German COVID-19 cases jump by most since early January
The reported death toll rose by 293 to 79,381
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UAE is mediating between India and Pakistan, says senior diplomat
Top intelligence officers from India, Pakistan held secret talks in Dubai in a new effort to calm military tension
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US president presses Pakistan as he announces end to 'forever war' in Afghanistan
We will ask other countries to support Afghanistan, specially Pakistan, as well as Russia, China, says Joe Biden
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EU Commission to end AstraZeneca and J&J vaccine contracts at expiry
President of European Commission said EU was in talks with Pfizer & BionTech for a new contract for 1.8 billion doses
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Brazil's P1 coronavirus variant mutating, may become more dangerous: study
Scientists say changes could make virus more resistant to vaccines with 'potentially grave implications'
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India's coronavirus cases hit record as Mumbai prepares for new lockdown
The country reported 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, taking total infections to 13.9 million
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Japan lauds Pakistan's role for regional peace, Afghan reconciliation
Ambassador Kuninori Matsuda calls on Gen Qamar at GHQ, vows to bolster bilateral ties
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Fighting kills, injures nearly 1,800 Afghans in first three months of 2021: UN
Taliban militants were responsible for 43.5 percent of civilian casualties while government troops caused 25 percent
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New Zealand mosque shooter launches legal challenge to prison conditions, terrorist status
Brenton Tarrant is in jail for murdering 51 people at two mosques in Christchurch on 15 March 2019
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NATO forces to leave Afghanistan together, US says
Germany says it would match American plans to leave after two decades of war
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Myanmar activists stage 'bloody' protests against military
Opponents of military rule splash the colour red, in the latest phase of their campaign to restore democracy
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In German hospital, doctors worried as younger patients fill beds
German authorities are entangled in a fierce political debate over restrictions imposed to fight the pandemic
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Biden ready to announce US withdrawal, even as peace eludes Afghanistan
Critics said the departure plan appeared to surrender Afghanistan to an uncertain fate
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Iran says 60% enrichment response to Israel's 'nuclear terrorism'
Rouhani pledges that Iran's nuclear activity will "certainly be peaceful" and under IAEA supervision
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'Pakistan, India held secret talks to break Kashmir impasse'
Two govts re-opened a back channel of diplomacy aimed at a modest roadmap to normalising ties, says a Reuters report
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Australia flags mass inoculation amid Covid-19 vaccine turmoil
The federal government and to discuss setting up mass vaccination centres from as early as June
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India's new coronavirus infections hit record as Hindu devotees immerse in Ganges
The country reports 184,372 cases in the last 24 hours, while the deaths rise by 1,027















































